title: An elderly woman with obstructed obturator hernia: a less common variety of external abdominal hernia.
abstract: Obturator hernia is a type of external abdominal hernia. Site of hemiation is the obturator canal, which is the superolateral aspect of the obturator foramen. The herniation sac exits the pelvis near the obturator nerve and vessels. Herniated loops of small bowel extend between the pectineus and obturator muscles. In this report, we present a case of obstructed obturator hernia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, AZ St-Jan Brugge-Oostende, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Clercq
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Coenegrachts
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Feryn
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Van Couter
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vandevoorde
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Verstraete
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rigauts
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006553:Hernia, Obturator / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed